doma. >> you know -- >> go ahead. >> i happen to be of mixed race and when i was born it was illegal for my parents to be married in their home states of virginia and north carolina. today that sounds crazy to people that that would have ever been against the law. so i'm happy to see in my lifetime, and i think genuinely, people's attitudes are changing. why in our military would we not want the best of the best when we are up against the worst of the worst? >> i spent six months in iraq in '03 and '04, and i will tell you that there were women especially in units like psychological operations and places in the military intelligence that were absolutely in the fight and i don't remember anybody saying well, i'm not going go out there because there's a woman when the rockets started firing you would cover anywhere you could. >> rich, you mentioned that you were one of the signees of the letter. you're aware of this and most of our viewers are probably aware of this as well, cpac, the consentive political action conferen conference, excluded go proud from its annual meeting. it's mind-